National Day of Action

Tyler Kingkade

College Students Plan U.S. Walkout On Thursday

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.01.2012

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NEW YORK -- Thousands of U.S. college students will walk out of class Thursday in a coordinated day of protest against what may be another year of sig...

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Student Activists Prep For National Day Of Action

Neon Tommy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Scherer will be one of many people in San Diego dressed for a funeral on Thursday. The 27-year-old anthropology student will be mourning the ...

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UC Day Of Action: Thousands Protest Across State

Posted 05.25.2011

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Today is the National Day of Action To Defend Public Education. Students across the country are holding protests, walk-outs and teach-ins to decry the...

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How Sports Attacks Public Education

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Zirin

This is the world that students see every day: boosters and alumni come first, while they've been instructed to cheer their teams, pay their loans, and mind their business.

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A National Day of Action to Stop Stupak

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Sive

Today I feel like I'm still 18, in the fall of 1968, gathering nickels, dimes and dollars for a friend to take the bus to Rapid City, South Dakota to get an (illegal) abortion.

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Pitchfork Toting Townsfolk Menace Fortress Aetna

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 05.25.2011

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Suzanne Langlois

Judging by the police presence, it seemed that the third largest insurance company in the country had endeavored to harden its perimeter should civil disobedience rear its ugly head.

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